Pocket-book or wallet



i(No Model.) Y J. THGMPSON.

`POGKET BOOK 0B WALLET.

Patented Nov. 26, 1895.

AN DREW BLRMIAM,PMUYQ-UmO-WASHINGTOND C.

UNITED STATES 'PATENT' OFFICE.

.IOSIAII THOMPSON, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

POCKET-BOOK OR WALLET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 550,302, dated November26, 1895.

Application filed March 20, 1895. Serial No. 542,493. (No model.)

To all whom, it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, JOSIAH THOMPSON, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Pocket-Books or Wallets;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this speciiication,and in which- Figure l is a perspective View of my improved pocket-bookor wallet, illustrating the use of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a sideview of the pocket-book, showing the adjustable safety-strap. Fig. 3 isa transverse sectional View of the pocket-book or wallet on line :n a:in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view on line y y, and Fig.5 is an edge view.

Like letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

This invention relates more particularly to ladies pocket-books, whichare usually carried in the hand and are therefore liable to be lost ormislaid while the owner is shopping or likely to be snatched out of thehand of the person carrying it.

To this end my improvement consists in providing the pocket-book orwallet with an adjustable double safety-loop, through which two of thefingers may be inserted, and which is so arranged that it will adjustitself to iit over the fingers inserted through it, substantially aswill be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

On the accompanying drawings, the reference-lettersA B denote the twosides 0r covers of a pocket-book, card-case, or wallet, as the case maybe, to which my im rovement has been applied. Upon one of t ese sides(the cover marked A on the drawings) is fastened a flexible side strapor band O, made of leather or other suitable strong material, the twoends of which are inserted through slots d and e in esoutcheon-plates Dand E, which are riveted or otherwise securely fastened upon thecoverAon the outside. This flexible band O,which is left loose or withconsiderable slack between its terminals d and e, is passed unl der akeeper F, midway between the two slotted end plates orescutcheon-plates, in the nature of a' flat, oblong, or rectangularmetal plate, which may also very conveniently and appropriately servethe purpose of a nameplate.' By means of this keeper or plate F themiddle part of the strap O is kept down close against the cover-of thepocket-book, and by sliding the slack part of the strap in eitherdirection the size of the two inger-loops fand f may be varied at willwithin certain limits, the enlargement of one of these finger-loopsbeing due to the reduction in size of the other.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings,the manner of using thisl duplex safety-loop attachment will readily beunderstood.

Two of the middle ingers of the hand carrying the pocket-book areslipped through the adjustable loops f and f', which will readily adjustthemselves to lit upon the fingers, the outer ends of which are bentaround the back of the pocket-book, so as to grasp vthe same firmly. Bybending slightly either one of the two ngers insertedthrough the loops fand f the loop' around the adjacent nger will be drawn down tightlyagainst this, so as to press it down against the cover and form afastening or tie, so to speak, which will make it almost impossible,even by an expert pocket-book snatcher, to snatch the pocketbook out ofthe hand of the person carrying it. The adjustability as to size of theduplex loop also enable these to adjust themselves to ngers that aregloved or ornamented with rings, as usual when ladies go shoppingf sothat these articles need not. be removed or adjusted.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States- The combination, with a`pocket-book or wallet, of a pair of escutcheon-plates, D, E, securedupon one of the sides or covers thereof and provided with transverseslots d` and e; the middle-plate or keeper4 F secured at both ends tothe cover centrally between the end-plates or escutcheon-plates, leavingan opening between the middle of the plate and the cover to which it isaffixed; and the flexible band or strap O having its ends insertedthrough and fastened securely in the slots d and c of the pair ofescutcheon-plates, and in- IOO y (No Modell.)

L. P.T1SSIBR. STOPPBRING'BOTTLBS OROTHBR VBSS-BLS. No. 550,303. PatentedNov. 26, 1895-.

